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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1908
Page
18
An upcoming program titled A Novelty Surprise with specialties songs and choruses is slated for next week at the Frohman Theatre. The show promises a mix of acts and musical numbers designed to entertain a general audience.
Playwright David Belasco has crafted a charming new work titled The Role Of The Rancho featuring Frances Starr in the lead at the Lyric Monday night. The cast also includes Miss Lamont who succeeds Eva Vincent in the role and delivers a strong performance. Lamont, formerly a circus acrobat with the Three Lumens, has appeared with her late husband in a People’s Theater sketch, marking a notable career transition.
David Belasco laments the hidden heartaches of stage life and the perilous pursuit of acting, recounting fan letters and failed auditions. He recalls a dramatic rehearsal incident at the Belasco Theater and previews vaudeville acts and Mrs. Fiske’s upcoming Rosmersholm engagement at Lyric Theater.
The Standard Theater opens a week of acts led by Harry Bryant a sharp comedian with rapid lines and a lively stage presence The program features Stella Troupe eight English girls in a dancing novelty Sas and recites and Ray L Royce with York State Folks plus the Bag ns Carl and Sapphirs and Macart along with Rosmersholm a modern drama starring Mrs Fiske The run promises strong acting and entertaining variety as a box office draw for the period.
The Walnut hosts Checkers this week starting with today’s matinee. The touring company has kept a near perfect performance record through snowstorms floods and a late Texas arrival. Hans Robert stars as the title role with David Braham Push Miller Clare Armstrong George Merritt Joe Wilkes and Howard Smith among the core troupe. June Eberhard appears as Aunt and joins after six hundred prior stage appearances.
Forepaugh Stock Company at the Olympic showcases a revival of the Irish drama Robert Emmet in a production praised for its Celtic patriotism and heroic lead. Brandon Tynan writes the play formerly starring Tyrone Powers. Mme Nazimova currently headlines in the same era.
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